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Anchorage Amateur Radio Club
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Anchorage Amateur Radio Club
General Meeting
Friday, February 7, 2014
7:00 PM
Carr-Gottstein Bldg.
Plans for Alaska Shield Exercise
Kent Petty, KL5T, Anchorage District
Emergency Coordinator (DEC)
ARRL 100th Commemorative Video
From Kent Petty, KL5T, Anchorage DEC
Please plan to come help with the Winlink HF Peer2Peer exercise this Saturday, February 1st at the Hamshack — 0900-1030.
Doughnuts provided.
I should first introduce myself to those of you who might not know me. I’m Kent Petty, KL5T, your new
Anchorage DEC. I’ve been a HAM since about 1989 when I got my ticket while serving in the Air Force at
OSAN Air Base, Korea. I’m a CW op at heart, but understand the importance of all our modes and bands.
Years ago I was pretty heavily involved with the Iditarod and other public service communications support
activities. At one time I did a considerable amount of scripting for training purposes on the weekly ARES
nets. I was Treasurer and President of the South Central Radio Club for a time, and am currently on the
AARC Board of Directors.
I also understand that each of us can play a vital role as emergency communicators during any number of
crisis situations and hope that you do as well. The AARC and ARES have come a long way over the years.
I know that some of you who have stayed close to the club, the hobby, and ARES may feel at times that
there just isn’t any progress being made. I, however, have a different view. Since life steered me away
from heavy involvement in the hobby for quite a number of years, when I look now to see where we are
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at, I can see that a tremendous amount of progress has been made! There is the CCV, tower and
power trailers, the club station itself, new equipment and capabilities, Winlink RMSs (HF and VHF),
new repeaters, relocated repeaters, and the list goes on and on. This being said, we have a lot of
opportunities presented to us, especially when it comes to organization of our emergency communications operations and capabilities.
My job as Anchorage DEC is to help get us organized to fit and work cooperatively and efficiently
with the AARL Field Organization in Alaska. It just so happens that we have several important entities within our area that are primary customers, not only for our little berg, but also for the State
as a whole. The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) on Fort Richardson, the Anchorage
EOC, and the American Red Cross in Anchorage all have either statewide or regional responsibilities; each relies on amateur radio support capabilities through ARES. Furthermore, as it turns out,
it is clear that our own AARC Club Station has an important roll to play in emergency communications as well. Mike O’Keefe, KL7MD, is leading the charge at the Anchorage Red Cross. I’m working to get our access squared away to the SEOC and the Anchorage EOC. The SEOC station is being configured for VHF and UHF voice and data as I write this, and HF capability is not far in the
offing. The Anchorage EOC is presenting a bit more of a challenge, but once we work out the
bugs we will get inside to get the existing equipment operational, and if necessary, upgraded. The
Anchorage club station is moving along nicely with full HF voice, CW, and data capabilities, as well
as the full compliment of UHF and VHF capabilities. We even installed our spare HughesNet dish
on the roof this past Saturday and brought the system online. One of its main purposes will be to
allow us to stand up an additional Anchorage Winlink VHF/UHF RMS station.
Our next move is to assemble teams to be responsible for each of these important venues. For the
SEOC, there are the general challenges of getting onto the base itself. This is most easily achieved
by active duty or retired military or DoD civilian folks. For the Anchorage EOC and the AARC Club
Station, it would probably best to have folks on the teams that live in relative proximity to those
locations. If you believe you could be an active member of one of these teams, I ask you to
please contact me. Our objective will be to establish a training matrix that addresses the unique
equipment within each of these facilities, and then training folks to be able to operate each piece
of gear. The teams will be responsible for ensuring the equipment is operational, maintained, inspected, and exercised. They should be prepared to respond to communications exercise callouts,
actual events, as well as to be ready to deploy elsewhere if the need arises. Most importantly
though, it will be critical for anyone that works in the SEOC or Anchorage EOC to establish a good
working rapport with the other staff in those facilities.
In the near term, there are a number of important statewide communications exercises that we are
going to attempt to support with resources we have online. The next planned event is coming up
fast and will be on February 1 from 0900 to 1030 AST. This will be a Winlink HF Peer2Peer exercise. At this time we plan to operate from the AARC club station only. The purpose of this event
will be for stations throughout the state to establish direct peer2peer links with each other.
Peer2peer has its limitations, but also has advantages in certain situations. In any event, it will be
a great opportunity to practice with our gear and to identify opportunities relative to equipment
capabilities or issues, training, and general operating procedures.
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The next major event will be Vital Connect, scheduled for February 19-23 from 0800 – 1600 each
day. It is likely we’ll try to staff whatever resources we have operational for this event. I suspect
this will include the AARC Club Station as well as the SEOC. It also looks like we may be asked to
provide an operator for their Mobile Emergency Operations Center (MEOC).
On March 27 will be the Alaska Shield exercise. This too, will call for us to light up all of our resources, including the SEOC, Anchorage EOC (if we are able), and the AARC club station. More to
come on this one.
There is much to do, and it will take a real effort to get ourselves in a position to be ready to activate our teams and provide quality communications support to our served entities. We need to
build our teams, so if you believe that you can assist, please throw your name in the hat. Any operator class can help in some way; you don’t have to be an extra class high speed CW operator to
be a big help! Again, I’m specifically requesting folks that are willing to be part of the SEOC team
(folks that have base access privileges), the Anchorage EOC team, and the Anchorage AARC Club
Station EMCOMM team. You can reach me by dropping me a line at [email protected].
73 DE KL5T
Pictures from last Saturday’s work party — erecting the HughesNet satellite dish on the Hamshack roof. (provided by Mark Sabel, WD6BMD)
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Also from Kent Petty, KL5T
AARC Acquires an Inventory and Maintenance Management System
As many of you may know, the AARC has a pretty extensive inventory of equipment positioned at
a number of locations throughout the region. We’ve got equipment at our club station, at repeater sites, at emergency operations centers, and several other venues. It’s been a real challenge to get a good handle on what we own, what it’s worth, to ensure that periodic preventative
maintenance is performed, and to keep track of what just plain needs fixing.
We’ve secured access to a web-based maintenance management system that we believe will help
us finally nail this down. It’s called Maintenance Assistant Computerized Maintenance Management System, or “MA CMMS” for short. We’ve been working for a couple months now to bring
this system online, and now have about 350 line items in the database. You might think, “Wow!
That’s a lot of stuff!” And you’d be right, but it turns out that we’ve got a lot more inventory
work to do.
The MA CMMS does several things for us. First, it will eventually provide us with a good list of all
our equipment, where each piece of equipment is located, and what each piece of equipment is
worth. Second, it can be used to schedule and track periodic maintenance on any piece of
equipment (ex: periodic firmware updates on a radio or oil changes on the CCV). Third, it can be
used by ANY member of the club to report a discrepancy, malfunction, safety issue, etc. with any
piece of equipment, or even a location (like the club station).
I’m very excited about the ability for any club member to report an equipment defect with the
system. It’s really a very simple process. Simply go to: kl7aa.macmms.com. I think you’ll find
that the page is pretty straight forward. You can either sign into the account (which you won’t
do unless you’re a system administrator), or, you can simply “Submit a Maintenance Service Request”. By selecting “Submit a Maintenance Service Request”, you’ll be taken to a page (actually
a popup, so you might have to enable popups on your browser) where you’ll be prompted to enter your full name, your phone number, and your e-mail address. In the “description” block,
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simply enter a good, clear description of the issue you’d like to report. Be sure to give a location
of the item, provide an asset tag number if the equipment has one, or serial number, model
number, etc. You DON’T need to enter anything in the “Maintenance Type”, “Priority”, or
“Suggested time (hours)” boxes…..these are optional. When you click on “OK”, the maintenance
service request will be submitted and YOU and I will get an e-mail immediately with your submission. We can then take a look at it, and assign it to the right person or team to take care of the
problem. If YOU would be willing to tackle it, just be sure to say so in the “Description” box and
by golly by George, I’ll assign it to you! If you found the problem and corrected it on the spot,
you can take a moment to submit that as well. Just provide all the details in that “Description”
box. Feel free to go ahead and submit a “test” maintenance service request. I can easily delete
it.
So please remember, if you find something wrong with a piece of club equipment or any issue at
a facility, take the time to submit it via MA CMMS at: kl7aa.macmms.com. By doing so, we’ll
have a record of the issue and be able track our progress on resolving that issue. A report will
be generated by the system for presentation to the Board listing the current open work orders as
well as a listing of the completed work orders over the past month.
If you have any questions about MA CMMS, please fee free to drop me a line at [email protected].
73 DE KL5T
Notes & News
To Everyone:
Susan Woods, NL7NN, has been moved to Prestige on Muldoon (formerly Mary Conrad Center)
She would be glad of phone calls – 907-529-7039 — or visits. Word is that she is bored.
At the last Board meeting, the Board voted to donate $500.00 to AMSAT to be used in their general fund.
Ron Keech, KL7YK, has arranged to donate print copies of QST to AARC. These will be kept in
at the clubhouse for use by anyone interested.
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Below is a link to the FCC rules for online browsing
Part 97 Amateur Radio
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?
gp=&SID=3eafc2c6ae6bf4f7ce3122ab4b74e52f&r=PART&n=47y5.0.1.1.6
John Lynn PE, Communications Engineer
State of Alaska, Dept of Administration
"ETS" (Enterprise Technology Services)
[email protected]
From: Craig Bledsoe, KL4E - Chairman of the 2014 Engineers Week Steering
Committee
Subject: Amateur Radio Demonstrations at Area Schools During Engineers Week
Ham Radio School Demonstrations Wanted in February
Do you have a handheld or portable ham radio station that you would be willing to demonstrate to eager students during Engineers Week — February 17th through the 21st? Well, opportunity is knocking, and we'd like you to answer!
Traditionally the classroom hours of Engineers Week are made available by many teachers and
faculty for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) presenters to showcase
their equipment and skills for interested students across Southcentral Alaska. This can be almost
any sort of communications display that you wish to bring along. Satellite demonstrations (a
handheld radio and an Arrow antenna) are an obvious fit, but so are digital modes such as Packet
or APRS. Even a basic CW or phone QRP rig feeding a tape dipole or Cliffhanger vertical (I have
both available to borrow) will do just fine. The point is to just get out there and do it!
So what is the next step? If you have personal contacts within your local school system, then
please get in touch and ask if there is an interest in having a ham radio demonstration as part of
the academic outreach program of Engineers Week 2014. If your faculty or staff contact would
like more information about the Engineers Week school speakers program, please reach out to
Nicole Knox and/or Paul Tenison (contact information below) for prompt assistance. Lastly, if you
would like to participate, but you don't have school contacts lined up, please promptly e-mail or
call Nicole and/or Paul to get listed as a volunteer. That way they will have your availability,
preferences, and contact information ready to go when they get requests from schools for STEM
speakers during the runup to this year's Engineers Week activities.
Thank you very much for assisting with this important educational activity.
73,
Craig, KL4E
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Heads up!!!
The community event season is gearing up for the races, rides, etc.
Please save time on your calendar for these events.
Coming soon:
The MS walk around Lake Hood — Sunday April 27th
Hope Walk & Roll — probably Saturday, May 3rd (the web site didn’t have this entered yet)
Golden Nugget Triathlon — Sunday, May 18th (I have the first meeting for this event on Monday night, February 3rd.)
From your Treasurer!!!
I will no longer make reimbursements for club expenses unless I have a copy of the
proper reimbursement form with all the information such as Project Number, Date
of Expenditure, and Item Description on it.
This form can be found on the AARC web site (as an Excel spreadsheet)— and a
hard copy is also in the Board member’s books. And I will be happy to see that you
get a copy.
I must have these forms in the files to back up the reimbursements.
There is a copy of this form attached to the back of this newsletter.
Thanks for your help.
Alice
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ANCHORAGE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
December 17, 2013
Approved Minutes
Board Members Present: Lara Baker, AL2R; Alice Baker, KL2GD; Tim Crowley, KL2VK; TJ Sheffield, KL7TS; George Wilkinson, KL1JJ; Paul Spatzek, KL7PS; Eric Thompson, N6SPP
Visitors Present: Mark Sabel, WD6BMJ; Richard Tweet, KL2AZ
Board Members Present via Teleconference: Jim Wiley, KL7CC; Rich Gillin, AL4S; TJ Tombleson, KB8JXX;
Board Members Excused: Ron Keech, KL7YK; Chris Conway, KL7QO; Fred Erickson, KL7FE;
Board Members Unexcused: Eric Reimer, KL2NW
The President, Lara Baker, AL2R called the Board Meeting to order, at 7:02 pm. A quorum was established. Additions or corrections to the meeting agenda were requested.
Secretary Report: The minutes of the Board meeting of November 19, 2013 were presented. Alice Baker, KL2GD moved to accept the minutes and George Wilkinson, KL1JJ, seconded the motion.
The motion passed. Secretary Crowley then announced that he would be moving to Arizona probably in January.
Treasurer Report: Alice Baker, KL2GD, presented the Monthly Expenses report noting that
$6,000 was received from Boniface Bingo, $500 from the Skinny Raven Runners Club, $500 from
restitution, $83 from the sale of books, and about $700 from dues. Coax cable was purchased for
the club for $500.
Finance Committee Report: Keith Clark, KL7MM, was out-of-town.
Grant Committee Report: Lara Baker, AL2R, reported that a check for $4,800 was sent to MARA.
Gaming Committee Report: $6,000 was received from Boniface Bingo. This is an early 4th quarter payment. We are still waiting for the renewal of our permit.
Projects Committee Report: TJ Sheffield, KL7TS, where the club is in spending gaming income
required by state law. Regarding the ECCP account: we have 22 projects. 14 are completed, 4 have
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not been started, and the rest are in process. The new trailer is being built. He then explained
more about how we may report gaming income and expenses.
VE Program: Jim Wiley, KL7CC, reported that 8 people were tested last Saturday and 6 passed.
Remote testing is going along fine.
Trustee Report: Keith Clark, KL7MM, could not attend.
Membership: Fred Erikson, KL7FE, could not attend but sent an e-mail and reported that there
are 250 members with 226 actual licensed operators. There are 157 Alaskan voters. About 71
members need to renew their membership soon.
By-Laws: Lara Baker, AL2R, has started to distribute his ideas to the committee. He hopes to
have the committee meet before the next board meeting.
ARES Report: Kent Petty, KL5T, could not attend tonight.
New Business:
TJ Sheffield, KL7TS, explained about ARRL’s petition about Pactor 4 before the FCC. He urged
board members to express their support by going to the ARRL website and click on the link to the
FCC. December 21 is the deadline.
George Wilkinson, KL1JJ, reported on a repair job to a sofa in the CCV for about $100.
January program for the General Membership meeting: A general discussion occurred about possible programs and speakers for January as well as February and March.
Tim Crowley, KL2VK, requested that the board consider Mark Sabel, WD6BMJ, as the new secretary when he officially becomes a member of the board on January 1, 2014. Mark graciously accepted the position.
Paul Spatzek (who has a new call sign after obtaining his General license: KL7PS) will handle the
door prizes for the January General Membership meeting.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted by
Tim Crowley, KL2VK
AARC Secretary
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GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
January 3, 2014
Approved Minutes
Lara Baker, AL2R, President, opened the meeting at 7:04 pm.
Twenty-five members and guests were present. Introductions were made, and a quorum was
established.
Treasurer’s Report: Alice Baker, KL2GD, reported that the Club received a fourth-quarter
2013 payment from Boniface Bingo in the amount of $8,000. During 2013 the club received
$52,600 in gaming proceeds, leaving less than $1,000 unspent and so satisfies State charitable
gaming regulations. Lara Baker, AL2R, added that the Club will have filed the required 2014
gaming permit with the State by Monday, January 6, 2014.
Presentation: TJ Sheffield, KL7TS, spoke on the Alaska Shield 2014 exercise to be held the
throughout the week of March 27th. Alaska Shield 2014 is a full-scale, statewide exercise that
coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Good Friday quake. Alaska will use this as an opportunity to exercise for a catastrophic earthquake. HAM radio is being integrated in the exercise,
probably for only one day. Sheffield asked AARC members get involved in the preparations and
then to participate in the exercise. The Working Wednesday evening get-togethers at the Club
House can be used to prepare.
Comments from the Floor: There were no comments.
Adjournment: Lara Baker, AL2R, President, announced the meeting to be adjourned at 7:45
p.m.
Respectfully Submitted
MARK SABEL, WD6BMJ
Secretary, Anchorage Amateur Radio Club
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People to Help You!! 2013 Officers & Board of Directors
Officers
President
Lara Baker
AL2R
[email protected]
Vice President
Ron Keech
KL7YK
[email protected]
Secretary
Mark Sabel
WD6BM [email protected]
Treasurer
Alice Baker
KL2GD
[email protected]
Activities
Vacant
Three Year
Board of Directors
3 Year remains
Rich Gillin
AL4S
[email protected]
2 Year remains
Paul Spatzek
KL7PS
[email protected]
1 Year remains
Jim Wiley
KL7CC
[email protected]
TJ Sheffield
KL7TS
[email protected]
Richard Tweet
KL2AZ
[email protected]
TJ Tombleson
KB8JXX
[email protected]
George Wilkinson
KL1JJ
[email protected]
Fred Erickson
KL7FE
[email protected]
Kent Petty
KL5T
[email protected]
Eric Thompson
N6SPP
[email protected]
One year Board
of Directors
Vacant
Other Contacts
Trustee
Keith Clark
KL7MM
[email protected]
Membership
Fred Erickson
KL7FE
[email protected]
Newsletter
Editor
Alice Baker
KL2GD
[email protected]
Web Master
Ron Keech
KL7YK
[email protected]
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Repeater Changes:
Please remove 147.27 & 443.3 repeaters from your repeater list for the time being. The
power to this pair of linked repeaters was turned off as scheduled on Dec 31, 2012
The local ARES Net is now moved to the 147.33 repeater + shift and 103.5 tone (no UHF
side at this time)
VHF net info: We have the Thursday Night 8:30PM Alaska Statewide ARES Net and on
Sunday evenings the Alaska Statewide Linked Radio Net now at 8:30PM, both are on IRLP
reflector 907 channel zero, Echolink KL7M node 1654 and Allstar node 27597. The Anchorage IRLP repeater remains 145.15 as listed.
From Charlotte Rose McCormick
Amateur Radio (HAM) Practice Exams websites
Try them —
http://www.hamtestonline.com
http://www.qrz.com/ht/
http://aa9pw.com/radio/
http://www.eham.net/exams/
http://hamtesting.com/
http://www.w8mhb.com/exam/
http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/hamtest
http://www.hamradionation.com
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Regular Committee Meetings:
By-Laws Committee: Inactive at the present time.
Finance Committee: Monday of week before Board meeting, 7:00PM at Hamshack.
Contact Keith Clark, KL7MM, [email protected] for info.
(Members: Chair, Keith Clark, KL7MM, and Alice Baker, KL2GD.)
Projects Committee: Tuesday of week before Board meeting, 7:00PM at HamShack.
Contact TJ Sheffield, KL7TS, [email protected] for info.
(Members: Chair, TJ Sheffield, KL7TS, Rich Gillin, Al4S, and
George Wilkinson, KL1JJ)
VEC Testing:
Testing on 1st Tuesday and 2nd Saturday each month.
Contact Jim Wiley, KL7CC, [email protected] for info.
VHF:
As needed (usually with a repeater in trouble and needing “aid”).
Contact Doug Dickinson, KL7IKX, [email protected].
Who Do I Contact to Join AARC?
Fred Erickson KL7FE
12531 Alpine Dr
Anchorage, AK 99516-3121
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone Number: 345-2181
Annual Dues are $12 (prorated as appropriate)
Additional Member in same household
Have you considered a Life Membership?
is $6.
Life $250.00
Full Time Student is no charge.
Senior >65 $200.00
>70 $150.00
>75 $100.00
>80 $50.00
>85 $1.00
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For Sale
If you have equipment that you want to have listed for sale, please notify the editor
at [email protected] before the 20th of the month. Thanks for your help.
Items advertised will have a “date of first appearance” added — and they will be deleted after two months appearance on the newsletter unless we are otherwise notified.
Please check KL7AA.net website for updates on availability of these items.
February 2014
Equipment for sale
Kenwood TS-430S transceiver, PS-430 power supply and hand microphone. 160 thru 10 meter
SSB, CW and AM. 100 watt output and TX has been opened up. Has 1 SSB filter, no FM board
or manuals. It operates well.
Used when purchased
$475.00
Heathkit SB-104A transceiver, HP-1144 power supply, SB-604 speaker, and Turner 454 desk microphone. The rig was repaired, aligned and tested by RTO Electronics last summer. The unit
has modifications in the VOX, NB, and an added RIT circuit. It comes with a non working SB614 Station monitor and manuals for both. This rig operates well for its age.
Used when received
$1,000.00
One lot: Heathkit HW-100 and a HW-101. They are not complete, the 100 is parts and the 101
might be resurrected.
Used when purchased
$100.00
LDG AT-200 ProII antenna tuner, new, used 1 week.
$225.00
Heathkit SA-2040 manual antenna tuner.
$175.00
Used when purchased
Shure 444D microphone, no plug and short cord, used when purchased
$100.00
Heathkit SB-201 amplifier, 80-15 meter, new Harbach power supply, soft start, soft key, and
fan. Tested into dummy load, 500 watts on each band. – Used when purchased, $600.00.
Your choice on shipping at actual cost.
James Kohl
KL7KK
Cell: 907-545-2212
Email: [email protected]
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FOR SALE ITEMS
Estate Sale: Updated 6 Jan 14
Rohn 25G tower system: 60 ft with flat top thrust bearing section, 15-ft 2-inch OD aluminum T6061 mast, two sets of GA25GD torque brackets , Phillystran HPTG6700I guys with big
grips, turnbuckles, equalization plates and hardware. Telex HyGain TIX Tailtwister rotator,
with approx 140 ft of Belden 9405 control cable and controller. Mosley TA-34XL 4-element
tri-band yagi with 40M add-on option. All in excellent condition, down and ready to haul.
$1900 Prefer to sell as package.
Comet GP-6 dual band 2M/440 base station antenna, new in box $130.
Kenwood TS-9408/AT HF transceiver (150 KHz -30 MHz) with all band transmit mod, and
service manual. Last used in 2007, needs internal batteries replaced. Includes Heil BM- 10
boom headset mic with HC-4 DX element. $800
Ameritron AL-80A HF linear amplifier, with single 3-500Z tube, 1200W pep max ssh, 10160M, $700
Mike AL7KC 460-0242 (text or call)
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Estate Sale: Updated 20 Jan 14
Amateur Radio Equipment for Sale KL 7GID – Gene Mockerman Estate
If interested in any item(s) please contact Larry Plessinger, AL7LW,
Nikiski , AK
I will Email photos of individual item(s) upon request. Prices listed are estimates of current
value and many are negotiable.
Email - larry@acsalaska .net or Phone 776-5569 HF TRANSCEIVERS
ICOM -IC-720A with aluminum carrying/shipping case, microphone and manual.
Minor scratches on top of radio. $300 OBO
VHF TRANSCEIVERS
YAESU -FT-2500M - With microphone and manual Like new condition - $150
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ADI -AR- 146 -Mobile radio with microphone and manual Appears to have had very little use. - $75
POWER SUPPLIES
ASTRON -RS-20A -$75
GENERAL INSTRUMENT -2000 PS, 24 VDC, 4 AMPS
New condition -Apparently for an antenna rotator - $20
RF AMPLIFIERS
COLLINS -30Ll, RF Linear Amplifier (4 -81I A) with manual Appears to be in good condition - $600
YAESU -FL-2100, RF Linear Amplifier (2 -572B) with manual Good condition - $350
PALOMAR -TX-100, 3 TO 30 MHz, Broadband, solid-state , Bi-Linear RF Amplifier. Appears to be in good condition -$50
ANTENNA TUNERS
KENWOOD AT-230 ANTENNA 1UNER. Nice tuner - $100 OBO
KEYS & KEYERS
T.R. MC ELROY BUG/STRAIGHT KEY COMBO -This is an antique all stainless
steel key that has both a bug and straight key on the same base. Note: One of the plastic or
Bakelite paddles is missing. $100
MFJ 422-B -PACESETTER KEYER - The Pacesetter is an MFJ electronic keyer
mounted on a "BENCHER" iambic paddle. Keyer could be easily removed if you want only
the Bencher. Good condition. $100
ANTENNAS - HF
KENWOOD MA-5 - This is a five band mobile antenna system. It is a helical antenna
much like Hamsticks except it uses the same helical wound base for all bands. Rated for
200 watts. Looks nice and I don't think it was ever used. $150 OBO
GAP VERTICAL (PARTS) This GAP vertical was on the air at Big Lake for many years
but time and weather have damaged some of the insulators so it is listed as "parts."
Located at Big Lake. Make offer
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ANTENNAS - VHF
HUSTLER CG-144 - This is a Hustler stainless steel mast with a two-meter band loading
coil. Could be easily mounted on a vehicle mount but presently is mounted on one of the
heavy-duty- three-magnet, magnetic mounts. $50 OBO
ISO POLE VHF VERTICAL - Condition unknown. This antenna is still on tower at Big
Lake. Make offer.
MISCELLANEOUS
REMOTE ANTENNA SELECTOR-YAESU FAS-1-4R -New in original box. $100
DESK MICROPHONE - KENWOOD MC-60 - Complete, with manual. Appears to be in
good condition, some minor blemishes. $60 OBO
DAK SUPER DIRECTIONAL "SHOTGUN" MICROPHONE - NEW, with hard case, instructions and accessories. $30
DESK MICROPHONE -SHURE EM28A -Glue residue on base from old GE label. Otherwise good mic -I think this is a simply a Shure 444 with a GE label $15
HF RECEIVE PREAMPLIFIER -AMECO PT-3 - With instruction sheet and wall-wart. $25
OBO
DIGITAL FREQUENCY COUNTER -HEATHKIT IM-2420 - With original Heathkit manual,
both in good condition. $75 OBO
DUMMY LOAD - HEATHKIT CANTENNA - This is one of the old classic oil-filled dummy
loads by Heathkit. There is some oil in bottom of plastic bucket so the Heathkit "paint can"
may be leaking. $10
TNC/MIC SWITCH -MFJ 1272M -''NEW"with manual $20
TNC/MIC SWITCH - MFJ -1272M - like new- $15
MICROPHONE MIXER - SONY MX-300 $20 OBO
LOW PASS FILTER - B & W -MODEL 425 - $10
LOW PASS FILTER - NYE VIKING -MODEL 020-001 - $10
ANTENNA TOWER, HF BEAM & ROTATOR - This is a fifty or sixty foot tower, still standing
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at Big Lake. It is light-weight tower similar to Rohn 25. This tower is in generally good condition except for the bottom section which is freeze damaged. Included is a TRI-BAND BEAM
ANTENNA (probably a TA-33), a TWO-METER BEAM and a CDE ROTATOR & CONTROL. Buyer is responsible for removal.
NOTICE: Since the bottom tower section is freeze-damaged, and guy cables are questionable,
temporary bottom leg reinforcement (angle-iron and U-bolts) and temporary guy ropes must be
added for safe antenna and tower removal. Package deal $400 OBO
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Due to the quantity of items, my inspections have been brief. Therefore, if you purchase items
and after inspection or testing you find that my description was inaccurate, please contact me and
we will renegotiate so as to achieve a "win-win'' transaction.
If you believe the price of any item is too high (or low), please contact me and I'll reconsider .
Most of this equipment is presently located at my home near Nikiski. Some items can be mailed
(at your expense) and delivery arrangements made for larger items.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of this equipment go to Alice Mockerman,
WL7CAD
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Al Jones, W9JIZ, Ham Equipment for Sale: Updated 21 Jan 14
Contact Dick Grady AC7EL Home: (775) 751-5242 Cell: (775) 513-4388
Heathkit Model HD- 19 Hybrid Phone Patch $30
Yaesu Model FT225RD 2-Meter Transceiver, Stuck In Transmit Mode, needs a relay replaced $150
TMC GPR90 Communications Receiver 540KC TO 31.50MHZ GENERAL COVERAGE RECEIVER.
MODES OF OPERATION AM/CW/MCW $1000
Unident Bearcat Scanner Handheld BC I OOXLT no power cord $35
!Icom IC 2AT 2 Meter Handi Talkie with hand mike $20
MFJ Model 986 Roller Differential Tuner, 3 KW, 1.8 - 30 MHz $200
Micronta 3Range SWR Tester/Meter $20
Two (2) Astatic Model D-104Silver Eagle (?) Desk Microphones $125
Magmount Antenna S30400 27.5" high, CD Freqs. $20
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Realistic TRC-415 CB Xcvr $30
Kenwood MC-43S Hand Microphone $35
Mobile Vertical, Marked "40", (40 Meters?) $50
Hustler Vertical Antenna RM-20 $15
Vertical Whip Antenna, no base, 48" high $10
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Upcoming Events
Plan ahead:
The “Community Service” event season is over
until May, 2014.
Coming soon:
The MS walk around Lake Hood — Sunday April 27th
Hope Walk & Roll — probably Saturday, May 3rd (the web site didn’t have this entered yet)
Golden Nugget Triathlon — Sunday, May 18th
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Anchorage Amateur Radio Club
PO BOX 101987
Anchorage, AK 9510-1987
www.KL7AA.net
ARES DISTRICT 7 & 5
KL7AA & KL7JFU
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Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
VE Testing
9
10
Finance
Com.7:00
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17
VE Testing
11 Projects
Com. 7PM 12
24
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Board
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ARES NETS:
1st Thursday: HT / Portable
2nd Thursday: Mobile Madness
3rd Thursday: RED CROSS
4th Thursday: Emergency Power
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27
28 Mara
EARS Genl Mtg
19 MARA
Board
Meeting
7 PM
Meeting
7 PM
23
Peer2
Peer Ex.
0900
26
Vital Connect — 19th—23rd
0800 —1600
Meeting
7:00 PM
ARES Net: Thursday Nights 8:00 PM
147.33+ PL:103.5
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MONTHLY EVENTS
1st Friday each month: AARC general meeting - 7:00 PM in the Carr-Gottstein Building, on the
APU Campus. Talk in will be on 147.33+ repeater.
1st Tuesday each month (except for holidays):
VE License Exam 6:30 PM, at the Hope Cottage offices, 540 W International. Bring photo ID,
copy of license (if any) and any certificates of completion. Contact: Jim Wiley, KL7CC 688-0660.
1st Thursday each month: Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club General meeting - 7:00 PM
Location changes monthly so call on 146.88-repeater for info. Moosehorn ARC also holds a weekly
luncheon every Thursday, locations and times change — contact George Van Lone, KL7AN: [email protected]
2nd Saturday each month: PARKA (Polar Amateur Radio Klub of Alaska) Meeting at 11:00
AM. Polar Amateur Radio Klub of Alaska. All amateurs welcome. Denny’s on Denali Street in Anchorage. Some business is discussed. Originally established as an all woman organization, membership now includes spouses or significant others. Talk in on 147.30+.
2nd Saturday each month (except for holidays):
VE License Exams at 2:00 PM. at Hope Cottage 540 W. International. Be sure to bring photo ID,
copy of license (if any) and any certificates of completion. Contact: Jim Wiley, KL7CC 688-0660.
3rd Tuesday each month: AARC Board Meeting at 7:00 PM at Hope Cottage 540 W. International. All hams are invited and encouraged to attend.
2nd Tuesday of each month: EARS general meeting at 5:00 PM. EARS meetings are held at
the EARS shack location. Contact info - Doug Myers, KL1DJ or Ron Keech, KL7YK for information.
EARS: 552-2664 (recording); Talk in on 146.67-. Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
4th Saturday of each month: Valley VE Testing at 7:00 PM. Sessions will be held at Fire Station 61, at 7 pm on the fourth Saturday of each month unless it is a major holiday weekend. Contact Ken Slauson, KL7VE, [email protected] or 907-376-8698.
The last Friday each month: MARA meeting at 7:00 PM, Wasilla Fire Station 61. Talk-in help
for the meeting can be acquired on the 146.850 repeater. Further details can be found by contacting Don Bush, KL7JFT, [email protected].
Every Monday at 11:00 AM: Meeting of interested Amateur Radio Operators — and lunch at
Denny’s on DeBarr — across from Costco. Many code and HF operators attend this function. Come
talk radio. For information, contact Kathy O’Keefe, KL7KO, [email protected]
Every Saturday at 7:00 AM: Meeting of a group of Amateur Radio Operators at Denny’s on Denali for breakfast. Topics? Radio, photography, and upcoming events For information, contact
Kathy O’Keefe, KL7KO, [email protected]
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AARC web page & Email contact addresses:
Homepage:
http://www.KL7AA.net/
Webmaster: webmaster at kl7aa.net
Membership:membership at kl7aa.net
Newsletter: editor at kl7aa.net
Internet Links, the favorites from our readers:
AARC
http://www.KL7AA.net
SCRC
http://www.KL7G.org
EARS
http://www.kl7air.us
MARA
http://www.kl7jfu.com
Moose Horn ARC http://www.moosehornarc.com
PARKA
http://www.parka-kl7ion.com
ARES
http://www.aresalaska.org
Practice Exams : http://www.AA9PW.com
Fairbanks AARC: http://www.kl7kc.com/
ALASKA MARS: http://www.akmars.org
Alaska VHF-Up Group: http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/
Yukon Amateur Radio Association: http://www.yara.ca/
Links for Propagation: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/
QRP and Homebrew Links : http://www.AL7FS.us
Solar Terrestrial Activity: http://www.spaceweather.com
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
ARRL http://www.arrl.org/
Propagation Report Recording 566-1819
Please let us know if there are other clubs pages or good starting points that
should appear here.
Report dead links or bad info to [email protected]
HF RMS’s
 Anchorage VHF ARES RMS WL7CVG‐
10 144.9 (Elmendorf Moraine)
 Anchorage HF ARES RMS WL7CVG (multi-band scanning see WWW.WINLINK.ORG for
frequencies)
 Palmer (MATSU) VHF RMS KL7JFT‐
10 145.19
 Fairbanks VHF RMS KL7EDK‐
10 147.96
 Fairbanks HF RMS KL7EDK (multi-band scanning see WWW.WINLINK.ORG for frequen-
cies)
 South Central Digipeater WL7CVG‐
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NETS in ALASKA:
The following nets are active in Alaska:
VHF
 ARES Net: 147.33 103.5Hz - Thursdays at 8:00 PM local
 No Name Net: 146.85/.25 repeater Sundays 8:00 PM
 South Central Simplex Net: 146.52 FM, 144.2 USB, 446.0 FM, 432.2 USB,
223.5 FM, 927.5 FM, 1294.5 FM, 52.525 FM, 50,125 USB, 29.6 FDM, 28.4
USB, 145.01 packet (Eagle node) and 147.96 packet (Valley node).
Tuesdays 8:00 PM local
 Alaska VHF Up Net: 144.200 USB Saturdays 9:00 AM local
 Statewide LINK Net: 145.15(-) PL 123.0Hz; Sundays 8:30PM local
 Alaska Morning Net: 145.15(-) PL123.0Hz; Daily at 9:00 AM
HF
 Alaska
Sniper’s Net: 3.920 MHz 6:00 PM daily
 Alaska Bush Net: 7.093 MHz 8:00 PM daily
 Alaska Motley Net: 3.933 MHz 9:00 PM daily
 ACWN (Alaska CW Net): 3540 kHz, 7042 kHz, 14050 kHz Non-directed, CW
calling and traffic watch for relaying NTS of other written traffic. AL7N monitors continuously. Receivers always on WL2K. (RMS connection available
([email protected])
 Alaska Pacific Net: 14.292 MHz 8:30 AM M-F
 ERC HF Net: 3.880 MHz—Sunday 8:30PM
ANNOUNCEMENT:
AL7N is the Alaska Section Traffic Manager. Ed is looking for Code operators for passing formal NTS traffic throughout Alaska on the AK CW Net.
For more information please contact: [email protected].
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Data You Can Use:
Frequency
Tone
Call Sign
147.18 -
88.5
ADES
146.88 -
no tone
AL7LE
Phone patch
Kenai Soldotna
146.82-
103.5
WL7CWE
IRLP
Anchorage
146.76 -
123.0
KL3K
IRLP
Seward
146.94 -
103.5
KL7AA
Phone patch
Anchorage to Wasilla
224.94 -
no tone
KL7AA
444.70 +
103.5
KL7AA
Phone Patch
Anchorage
146.67 -
103.5
KL7AIR
MARS Station
Anchorage & Highway
North
147.30 +
141.3
KL7ION
Very Wide Area
146.85 -
no tone
KL7JFU
Mat Valley
146.91 -
no tone
KL7JL
Homer
147.15 +
107.2
KL5E
147.84 -
103.5
WL7CWE
147.33 +
103.5
WL7CVF
443.900 +
103.5
WL7CVF
147.27
Powered off
443.300
Powered off
Area
Ft. Richardson
Anchorage
Phone patch
South Central Area Simplex Frequencies
146.52 MHz National Calling and Emergency frequency 147.57 MHz DX Spotting frequency 25
Eagle River & Chugiak
Wasilla Repeater
Cross linked to
443.900
Cross linked to
147.330
WINLINK Anchorage ARES RMS Palmer (MATSU) RMS FAIRBANKS RMS South Central Digipeater 146.49 MHz Anchorage area simplex chat 146.43 MHz Mat‐Su Valley simplex chat 147.42 MHz Peninsula simplex chat February 2014
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Very Wide Area **
Very Wide Area **
Callsign Frequency WL7CVG‐10 144.9 KL7JFT‐10 145.19 KL7EDK‐10 147.96 WL7CVG‐4 144.9 Volume 43 No 2
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The Anchorage Amateur Radio
Club has been an ARRL Affiliated
Club for more than 50 years
Are you a member of ARRL?
ARRL is the American Radio Relay League. This
is the national organization that advocates on
behalf of amateur radio operators to the FCC
and the communications industry. Consider becoming a member of ARRL today. www.arrl.org
For more information about the
ARRL DX Century Club Program
check out: http://www.arrl.org/
awards/dxcc/
KL7AA Mail Reflector
If you like to stay in touch on KL7AA news and other posts of local interest.
Step #1: First point your browser to: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/kl7aa
Step #2: On the web page you will see a section titled "Subscribing to KL7AA". Enter your e-mail address in the "Your email address" entry box.
Step #3: Pick a password for your account and enter it in the box marked "Pick a
password" and then enter the same password in the box marked "Reenter password to confirm". This password will be used to change your settings on the list
such as digest mode, etc.
Step #4: If you would like the e-mails in daily digest form click yes on the line
marked "Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?"
Step #5: Click on the "Subscribe" button below the information that you just entered.
Step #6: Follow the directions.
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ARES - Section 7, District 7
(Anchorage, ALASKA)
Mission statement:
Dedicated to amateur radio as it pertains to disaster services. The
history of amateur radio operators' involvement in sending life-saving
information in and out of disaster areas [and] providing help during
and after earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. "HAM’s
have been there to assist local, state, and federal agencies and relief
organizations such as the American Red Cross and Salvation Army."
When All Else Fails, Amateur Radio.
www.ares.org
ARES South Central Alaska District
Contact Information Don Bush,
[email protected]
ARES NETS:
ARES Net: Thursday Nights 8:00 PM
1st Thursday: HT / Portable
2nd Thursday: Mobile Madness
3rd Thursday: RED CROSS
4th Thursday: Emergency Power
147.33+ PL:103.5
“Alaska ARES and the Alaska Native Medical Center have in joint effort stood up a
HF Remote Messaging System (HF RMS) in Anchorage. This system provides HF Radio
Email Service to the area. In an emergency this system will provide digital email capabilities if we lose the Internet. It is designed to accept connections from Amateur Operators
who are using either PacLink or Airmail software and a Pactor 1-3 capable Terminal Mode
Controller (TNC). If the Internet is lost to the area the RMS will forward messages to another RMS over HF Radio. Being HF Radio based, the coverage area is quite large. While
it is intended for intra-Alaska use we have stations from as far away as Arizona using the
HF RMS to pass email traffic to the internet on occasions.
ARES also hosts a VHF RMS which provides Radio to Email service on VHF Radio in the
Anchorage area.
The WL7CVG RMS’s frequency listings, etc. can be found on www.Winlink.Org . “
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KL7AA HAMSHACK
The KL7AA station is available for training in HF operations. Learn from an experienced HF
operator about propagation, voice and Morse code modes as well as best practices and
legal operation. The station is fully integrated with a PC and soundcard to operate in many
digital modes.
Take advantage of this unique benefit! Arrange a session by contacting the club trustee,
Keith Clark, KL7MM, ([email protected]) to meet at the KL7AA station at 5923 Rowan
Street.
Notice: Any AARC sponsored repeater, with or without an auto-patch, will always be open to
all licensed amateur radio operators in the area who are authorized to operate on those frequencies. IRLP is not authorized on KL7AA repeaters except for special events as
approved by the board and trustee.
THE AARC ANTENNA is the monthly newsletter of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club, published by and for its members. The entire contents of this newsletter are copyrighted 2011
by the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club.
Permission is hereby granted to any not for profit Amateur Radio Publication to reprint any
portion of this newsletter provided that both the author and Anchorage Amateur Radio Club
are credited.
Newsletter Submissions, Information or Corrections:
All articles from members and interested persons are very welcome. If you wish to submit any
articles, jokes, cartoons, please have it typed or neatly handwritten. It can be submitted by mail,
computer disk or E-mail to the newsletter editor at the address listed below. Submissions must
be in the hands of the editor no later than the 10 days prior to the general meeting. Email:
editor at kl7aa.net
Since THE AARC ANTENNA is no longer being sent out by US MAIL, we need some help from all the
AARC members. We have gotten a large percentage of the e-mailed newsletters returned as undeliverable. Also we have no e-mail addresses for many of you.
Would you please e-mail “[email protected]” with a current e-mail address and current mailing address and phones numbers (home, work, and cell — as you choose).
If you have special needs or concerns please send your comments to [email protected] to bring to
the attention of the board of AARC. Current and newsletters from years past can be found on the
club website at www.KL7AA.net.
Thanks for your help in this.
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Anchorage, AK 99510-1987
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